Scots Win Paddy Power Poker Event |
January 16, 2006 - UNITED KINGDOM (PRESS RELEASE) -- A team of poker players from Scotland has won the first PaddyPowerPoker Grand Slam, held at the Star City Casino, Birmingham on 11 and 12 January 2006.
The event which attracted teams from England, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, France and Sweden will be televised as 6 one hour shows by Sky Sports across Europe in March 2006.
The competition had a unique team prize of €110,000 and individual prizes of €50,000 (1st), €30,000 (2nd) and €20,000 (3rd) and attracted some of Europe's top professionals.
The 42 players (7 teams of 6) where whittled down to a final table of Phillip Starrs (Sco), Rory Mathews (Sco), Scott McQueston (Sco), Mark Williams (Wal), Iwan Jones (Wal), Jean-Bernard Boht (Fr), Robert Cohen (Fr) and Lars Kjestrup (Swe). |
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